Flags and Crucifixes

58 The Purpose of Life

The loan sharks make loans to arms manufacturers to keep the world in a state of war. Their ambassadors travel the world together, conquering tax-free zones to create the conditions for the emergence of new indebted markets: political corruption, exploitation, starvation, repression, and death. They and their servants—senators, generals, and bishops—gather at the presidential palace to celebrate the power of the Eye of Providence on the US $1-dollar bill, surrounded by armed men, flags, and crucifixes.